President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated National Tribal Festival Aadi Mahotsav 2024, at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
The festival will go on till February 18.
About Aadi Mahotsav
- Every year TRIFED under the aegis of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs organizes the National Tribal Festival Aadi Mahotsav.
- Aadi Mahotsav is an attempt to represent tribal culture on the national stage.
- It celebrates the spirit of tribal culture, cuisine, commerce, crafts, and traditional art.
- The festival features over 300 stalls, offering a varied display of Tribal art, natural product, handicrafts and delectable tribal cuisine.
- Along with this, one thousand artisans from across the country will also participate and showcase their performances in Aadi Mahotsav 2024.
- A separate Food Court representing Tribal cuisines from different parts of the country has also been set up.
About TRIFED
Established as a National level Cooperative body in August 1987 Tribal Co-operative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) was under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984 by the Government of India.
Ministry
- It was initially set under the administrative control of the then Ministry of Welfare of India.
- It has the basic mandate of bringing about socio-economic development for the tribals of the country.
- It institutionalizes the trade of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) & Surplus Agricultural Produce (SAP) collected/ cultivated by tribes.
- Later it was transferred under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Objective
- Socio-economic development of tribal people in the country is the objective of TRIFED.
- It has an approach of marketing development of the tribal products on which the livelihood of tribal people depends heavily as they spend most of their time and derive a major portion of their income.
- It works as a market developer and service provider for tribes.
- The strategy behind this approach is to empower tribal people with tools, knowledge, and pool of information so that they can undertake their operations in a more systematic and scientific manner.
Office
- Head Office of TRIFED is located in New Delhi and it has a network of 15 Regional Offices which are located at various places in the country.